{"id":1332576,"date":"2022-02-23T13:09:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1332576"},"modified":"2022-02-23T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T18:09:36","slug":"biden-to-sanction-nord-stream-2-after-removing-blocking-trump-sanctions-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-sanction-nord-stream-2-after-removing-blocking-trump-sanctions-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden To Sanction Nord Stream 2 After Removing, Blocking Trump Sanctions: REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-sanction-nord-stream-2-after-removing-blocking-trump-sanctions-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1332576&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration is set to announce that it will allow economic sanctions to be reimposed on the operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden is expected to announce the sanctions, the latest in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/22\/joe-biden-sanctions-russia-ukraine-invasion\/\">series of actions<\/a> his administration has taken against Russia, later on Wednesday, three U.S. officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/23\/politics\/white-house-russia-sanctions\/index.html\">told<\/a> CNN. The action would target Nord Stream 2 AG, the pipeline operator that is a subsidiary of Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/russia-ukraine-latest-news\/card\/biden-administration-to-impose-sanctions-on-nord-stream-2-construction-company-9omIcyYHBCgOuJ8u25gn?mod=article_inline\">confirmed<\/a> the CNN report. The Department of State didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/22\/germany-nord-stream-2-certification-russia-ukraine\/\">ordered<\/a> his economic ministry to halt the certification of Nord Stream 2, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/10\/russia-gas-pipeline-nord-stream-2-trump-biden\/\">completed<\/a> in September, in response to Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/21\/vladimir-putin-order-troops-into-separatist-ukrainian-territories\/\">invasion<\/a> of separatist-controlled territories in Ukraine on Monday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/22\/joe-biden-gasoline-prices-crude-oil-russia-ukraine-sanctions\/\">(RELATED: \u2018We Need To Be Honest\u2019: Biden Suggests US Gas Prices Will Increase Because Of His Russian Sanctions)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/presssec\/status\/1496115739799040008?s=21\">signaled support<\/a> for Germany\u2019s action shortly after Scholz\u2019s announcement. When asked later about potential additional measures Biden could take against the pipeline, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the administration had already acted on that front.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7378833\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7378833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden listens as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers remarks during a joint news conference at the White House on Feb. 7. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWell, I would first say that, you know, the president has never been a supporter of Nord Stream 2,\u201d Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/02\/22\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-deputy-national-security-advisor-for-international-economics-and-deputy-nec-director-daleep-singh-february-22-2022\/\">told<\/a> reporters Tuesday evening. \u201cWe\u2019ve always criticized it as a \u2014 as a project that we didn\u2019t support. We took a range of steps and sanctions \u2014 including sanctions, to make that very clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/nord-stream-2-and-european-energy-security\/\">waived<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/joe-biden-nord-stream-2-russia-vladimir-putin-antony-blinken\/\">sanctions<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/07\/12\/russia-germany-trump-pipeline\/\">placed<\/a> on the direct Russia-to-Germany pipeline by former President Donald Trump in May. Biden then <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/21\/nord-stream-2-joe-biden-mike-pompeo-germany-russia-ukraine\/\">gave a stamp of approval<\/a>\u00a0to the $11 billion project in July after a meeting with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.<\/p>\n<p>The White House also urged Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/13\/senate-democrats-bipartisan-russian-nord-stream-2-sanctions-joe-biden\/\">block a bill<\/a> sponsored by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz that would\u2019ve reimposed the sanctions. The bill, which Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/08\/joe-biden-nord-stream-2-russia-ukraine-energy-policy\/\">argued<\/a> was key to preventing Russian energy dominance in the region, failed to obtain the required 60 votes needed to pass.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, White House officials have suggested additional aggressive measures against Russia were unnecessary as recently as Wednesday, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I wonder if there\u2019s almost a bloodlust out there for sanctions as an end to themselves,\u201d White House Deputy National Security Advisor for international economics Daleep Singh told CNN on Wednesday. \u201cBut let me just be really clear. We did hit hard yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is set to announce that it will allow economic sanctions to be reimposed on the operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, CNN reported.President Joe Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1332576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1332576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}